i think that any person trying to promote civility would refrain from force. any person that resorts to force, for any reason, is no longer civil and no longer actually serving the greater good of the community. that standard must be set and held for both sides of any conflict. who's...

Officers called for an ambulance. Francisco Rocha, 41, of the 3500 block of West 38th Street, was pronounced dead at Saint Anthony Hospital at 2:58 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

An autopsy conducted today was inconclusive and is pending further tests, officials said.

The slab of concrete sits at the end of miles of otherwise well-kept parks along the North Shore Channel. Untouched for at least a decade, the empty parking lot is filled with graffiti and broken glass and has become a magnet for crime. Long-patient West Rogers Park residents hope that may...

Ernie Banks did not appear ill when he signed and executed a will that left his entire estate to a longtime caretaker, according to witnesses who testified Tuesday at a critical hearing over the hotly contested will of the Chicago Cubs great.